Disquisition by Scripps, E.W., "The old familiar faces", May 18, 1914

              Ohio University Libraries, E.W. Scripps Papers, MSS 117, Series 4, http://bit.ly/scripps_mss117
- .... ·TO Ola) J'JlULIAR fAOES"--·
!rb.e,. are not "all, all gon.- bi I/IIJ.l aea.nll ..
Last evening I 'I!fa& altt1ac baek in a i1m .. mer 111 the l.bb, 8't
1JIf3 hot.~, wbare, _oking 'IIq aft"' i1.Jt:ne:r clgar, I Gould lit in unils~
&ontemp~ati'll .:t the _Tlng ant qll.1e~_' thr .... e\tJl~1nlllOr. CHmQi ...
places. I had a:n _" chair to .It •• ani .. loliUlgft 1fbul .. IIEUa.t for a ...
rest.
!f!here e.- .Oying 1;o1'larl .. a hlllJUm trla»gle: a 11ttle 011 1I'h~"'"
haired lad;)' at 'the apex; just beh1nd, two 014 man wobbling along on .~
.ana supported ltabs.. One of the men "as Tery oorpulent and fio:r14 ,81'
fea.ture. STeIo.ked 88 though he baA C0ll8UlIU'Q llUoh.!'1me in his Itfe t1Jle.
and had onee been _.stoad to feel well. lU. _le oompanleD. ahow"' •
. 9ffects o:S;dlaaipat1d. on hi. f ... ; he appeared u one of the8EtOYU ......... ,·
,prema turely aged .&:IIe:r loan ba..11I. •• a 1II&.
The apex appro.ohe4. It ..... " ev14ent tha:1: she Was lead1Jlg the ...,
in seare b: of 80me quletloung1ng spot ter h$1"s$lf a.nll her aompan1on... It
wa.s evident to .ll\e that the •• :mer tbat I OOC1lpted "'8 Just the spot that
she WQuJ.d. moat 4 •• s.re t. fllli.. Outing one yearntng look at l'lHI she .. ught
io arrange other .... t. all muoh 1n the oorner a8 possible and not to!) olea.
te my strs.n.ge self' ..
I rose and ,.11m" bel" attentton to Jff/I "eat in the 'window ~ounge,
i;,ookan easy ohair tm t11. ether 814. of a roana table. First t'te laly ..
'ana next; the gentl.-n tbaukt4 me.. It oocu.rrtd to me to acrB,pe $,)1 acqua.1nt-anc;$
with the ball .... he .... on_ of' the two m&U,Nld ! tu:rned to him ~r1tb. a
;, qu.eati.xtWbloh •••1 ltf.t4e4 te t. o01U'teou8 an.er. In the mef.mt i;me t 1 had " .
" not 10ed ,that he gl-.... .t .. bo th before and after a itt ing t ra.. t'hOl'" sna.rpl.'1.